President-elect Trump continues to tease Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, suggesting Canada should become a US state and proposing Wayne Gretzky as a potential leader. Trump claims Canadian taxes are too high and that joining the US would lead to significant tax cuts, business growth, and military protection.
by promising to cut Canucks’ taxes if they agree to become “our 51st state,’’ while urging them to draft NHL great Wayne Gretzky to lead the country. “I said, ‘Wayne, why don’t you run for Prime Minister of Canada , soon to be known as the Governor of Canada – You would win easily, you wouldn’t even have to campaign,’” the president-elect said.
The president-elect argued that Canada should become a US state because the taxes of its citizens “are far too high, but if Canada was to become our 51st State, their Taxes would be cut by more than 60%.” Trudeau flew to Mar-a-Lago last month and dined with Trump amid the 45th president’s threat to impose a 25% tariff on Canadian imports – which Trudeau reportedly told the president-elect would “kill” Canada’s economy.
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